Chapter 58 - Mist Barkas’ offer (1/2)

Mist Barkas’ offer

I moved in front of Mist.

[If it’s something you could, you would do anything, is it?]

Gulp…

Mist gulped.

She looked a bit embarrassed as she looked away from me.

[F- For the time being… Could you please say if there’s anything you want? If you could at least say the thing you want, I might even consider listening to it—]

[Here.]

[Eh?]

I held out the Dragon Eye Sakazuki towards her.

Mist made quite a strange face.

[U- Umm…]

[Take it.]

I immediately pushed the Sakazuki towards her.

Then slowly, I release my hold towards the Sakazuki.

[Ah…]

Mist held the Sakazuki with her hands.

[Hati-dono, what do you wish to exchange with this—]

[It’s not like I want anything for that.]

[No, t- that’s going to go against my honor! Whether it’s just carrying your baggage or cooking some food for you, I could even be you guard, please just say what ever you want!]

What ever I want, huh…

That’s quite the words that strongly express her persistent feelings.

Actually, I don’t really need anything from her at all.

No…

Could it be that the reason that she could say these words is because she trusts me?

[You, you must have rushed in diving into this place, right? Well. you must have not gotten some sufficient sleep. If you don’t get some sleep, you’d collapse sooner or later.]

I turned my back towards her.

[Goodbye then.]

[Please wait! Even if you don’t need this, it’s too much for me to just take this for free…]

[Hati Skoll is a revoltingly naive man. Just take it as you’ve gotten something from a kindhearted man, especially towards beauties like you.]

[T- That’s not true…]

[You’re looking at yourself too harshly.]

[Excuse me. However…]

Ah, that’s right.

This woman could see through most lies, right?

I spouted out a deep sigh.

[My purpose in diving into this place is not that Dragon Eye Sakazuki.]

[It’s not the Dragon Eye Sakazuki?]

[Yeah.]

I point towards the floor.

[My purpose are the monsters in this ruins.]

[I thought that the new floor would just end in here since you found the Dragon Eye Sakazuki in here, but…]

[I found a document from a certain place that was left there by a great man. According to the information I got from the document, there’s a monster that roams about in this place that I really need right now. And, it’s just that it overlaps with the target of this time’s raid recruitment, so I just mixed along with the crowd in diving in here.]

Mist puts her hand over her mouth.

[If that were the case, you could have just exchanged it with some money… No, it’s just that—]

[I’m not really in trouble with money right now. That’s why, I don’t really need to acquire that Dragon Eye Sakazuki.]

There are also other reasons why I just relinquished this Sakazuki towards her.

The marquis had been bloodshot as he’s searching for this Dragon Eye Sakazuki.

It will be troublesome if the were to treat me warmly as if I had done some meritorious deed.

This woman just needs some money.

It’s just fine for me to push this onto her.

I recall the words that were written in the “Encyclopedia on the Forbidden Arts”.

The Great Sage’s memo.

The altar and the humanoid dragon stone statue.

The room that had these two things.

If I were to follow what’s written on this note, there should have been a hidden staircase somewhere in this room.

I bend down near the altar and investigate around for something.

Around this area, there should have been some kind of lump around here but…

Oh?

There it is.

I push down this lump and turned it counterclockwise—

[Umm…]

[Hmm?]

She is still here?

I stood up at once.